Coin-wrapper.



UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

COIN-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 779,292, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed August 3,1904- Serial No. 219,301.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN Lonsu, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Knoxville borough, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Wrappers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

. This invention has relation to coin-wrappers; and the invention has for its object to provide a wrapper wherein novel means is employed for retaining the coins within a wrapper after they have been placed therein.

Another object of this invention is the provision of novel means in connection with a sheet of paper whereby a plurality of coins may be retained in a compact and secure package, and in constructing my improved coinwrapper l have made the same of such a form and material that it may be readily used a number of times for securing coins in a package.

It is a well-known fact that wrappers have been heretofore used which consist of a sheet of tough and durable paper in which the coins were wrapped, and to carry my invention into effect I employ in connection with this piece of paper a strip of flexible material in which the paper that the coins are to be wrapped in is engaged, and after the coins have been thoroughly wrapped within the sheet of paper the strip is adapted to embrace the wrapper containing the coins and be clamped thereon in such a manner as that it will be impossible for the coins to become disengaged from the wrapper.

My improved wrapper is particularly adapted to be used in banks and commercial houses, where a considerable amount of small coins are handled, it being customary to assemble these coins in such packages as will denote large denominations, and considerable trouble has been experienced in the present form of wrapper, owing to the fact that when the packages of 'coins are roughly handled or handled a considerable number of times the wrapper surrounding the coins becomes worn and loose from the coinswhich it surrounds, there being a liability of some of the coins becoming disengaged from the packages and lost.

My present invention has for its object to eliminate all these disadvantages experienced in the present form of wrapper and to combine certain elements which will present a strong and durable wrapper for coins that will be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and highly efficient when used.

In the drawings forming a part of this application I have illustrated the preferred form of constructing my improved wrapper, yet I do not care to limit myself to the exact construction illustrated, but may vary the same to such an extent as will be permitted by the appended claims.

A particular embodiment of the elements of my invention is clearly illustrated in the several views of the drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a coinwrapper constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view-of the same, showing the wrapper as being secured around a plurality of coins. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the wrapper in a compact form.

To facilitate those having occasion to peruse the description in connection with the drawings, like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and the reference-numeral 1 designates a sheet of paper of a tough and durable character,

such as is commonly used for wrapping coinstherein. The sheet of paper is rectangular in form and has its one edge 2 sheared upon its corners, as designated at 3 3. The other element of my invention consists of a flexible strip of material 4, this strip being preferably made of a light metallic substance which will withstand being used a number of times, and in the one end of the strip I provide a rectangular opening 5, while the other end thereof is sheared, as indicated at 6 6, to form a tongue 7. Intermediate the tongue 7'and the opening 5 I form longitudinal of the strip a slot 8.

The manner of wrap pinga plurality of coins in the sheet of paper 1 and securing the same therein is as follows: The sheet of paper is placed in engagement with the strip 4 by inserting the edge 2 of the sheet of paper within the slot 8 of the strip and bending the inserted end of the paper upon the body portion of the sheet 1. The corners 9 9 of the sheet of paper are then bent upwardly to partly engage the end coins 1O 10 of the roll of coins which are placed upon the sheet of paper to be wrapped, these coins being arranged side by side upon their edges, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The coins-are then moved forward until the sheet of paper has been wound or rolled around the coins, at which time the edges 11 1 1 of the sheet are bent inwardly, as designated at 12 12, to engage the ends of the roll of coins, and this operation having been performed the strip 4 is bent around the ends of the roll of coins, as designated at 14 l t, and the tongue 7 is placed in the opening 5 and bent upon itself, as designated at 15 and clearly shown in Figs. 2 to 4, inclusive.

By referring to Figs. 2 to 4, inclusive, it

-will be observed that the strip 4 surrounds the coins and the wrapper longitudinally of the length of the package, whereby the coins will be firmly and rigidly held in engagement with each other, and owing to the fact that the one edge of the wrapper is engaged in the strip it will be impossible for the strip surrounding the package to become disengaged therefrom, and the coins will be maintained in a compact form until the tongue 7 is disengaged from the opening 5 and the strip removed.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description that my improved wrapper is particularly adapted for large coins which are to be assembled in packages of a larger denomination than the coins contained therein, and while I have herein shown the preferred form and size of my improved wrapper I do not care to limit myself to the same.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A coin-wrapper comprising a strip of flexible material having a longitudinally-disposed slot between its ends, an opening in one end, a tongue in the other end, and a sheet of flexible material having one edge projected through said slot.

2. A coin-wrapper comprising a strip of flexible material having a longitudinally-disposed slot between its ends and a sheet of flexible material having one edge projected through said slot, the ends of said strip being adapted to be interlocked.

3. In a coin-wrapper a strip of flexible material having a longitudinally-disposed slot between its ends adapted to receive the edge of a flexible sheet and having an opening in one end and a tongue in the other end adapted to pass through said opening to interlock the ends of the strip.

4. A device of the character described comprising a sheet of paper, said sheet of paper having one edge sheared, a flexible metallic strip, provided with means for securing the sheared edge of said paper to said strip, and provided with means for securing the ends of said strip together.

5. A device of the character described comprising a sheet of paper, said sheet of paper having its one edge sheared, a flexible strip, said strip having a slot formed therein in which said sheared edge of paper is adapted to engage, and provided with means for securing the ends of said strip together.

6. A device of the character described comprising a sheet of paper, said sheet of paper having its edges sheared, a flexible metallic strip, said strip having a slot formed therein in which said sheared edges of paper are adapted to engage, the said strip having an opening formed therein, a tongue carried by the other end of said strip and adapted to engage in said opening.

7 In a device of the character described, the combination of a sheet of paperhaving its edges sheared, said sheet of paper adapted to be wound around a number of coins, a flexible metallic strip having a slot formed therein in which said paper is adapted to engage, the one end of said strip having an opening formed therein, a tongue carried by the other end of said strip and adapted to engage in said opening when said strip has been bent to engage said coins, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HERMANN LOHSE.

\Vitnesses:

H. C. EVERT, W. C. HEITZ. 

